Lorem Ipsum Workflow v3.1.0 (2021-11-05)

[MGHollander]

 

An Alfred 4 workflow for generating lorem ipsum dummy text using joshtronic/php-loremipsum.

Installation

Alfred Powerpack is required to use workflows.

 

PHP is no longer supported out of the box since MacOS Monterey. Therefore you need to install PHP 7 or above, for example via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/).

 

1. Download the workflow
2. Double click the .alfredworkflow file to install

Usage

1. Use the keyword lip to trigger the workflow.
2. Select format you want to generate (characters, words, sentences, or paragraphs).
3. (Optional) Add options to the format you would like to generate.
4. Press enter to copy to clipboard and paste into the forefront application.

Options

There are multiple options to enhance the output.

Option	Usage	Description
length	lip 5	Default: 1 Generates 5 instances of the format you have chosen
tags	lip 5 p	Default: no tags Generates 5 instances of the format you have chosen and wraps each instance in a <p> tag. You can wrap an instance in multiple tags by comma separating the tags like lip 5 div,p.
array	lip 5 p true	Default: false Generates 5 instances of the format you have chosen, wraps each instance in a <p> tag and outputs it as a PHP array with a value for each instance. You can set the tags to false or 0 if you do not want to wrap the output into tags.

Credits

Thanks to joshtronic/php-loremipsum

Forked from alexchantastic/alfred-lipsum-workflow

Source: https://github.com/MGHollander/alfred-lipsum-workflow

Edited November 5, 2021 by MGHollander
New version

[nemrod]

Hello MGHollander
It doesn't work in Monterey (like all other lipsum workflow)
but with yours I don't get the usr/bin/php error… I get nothing… no feedback
so for me, it's encouraging!

https://loom.com/share/3a517bd7e3fa4005ae0372dea6a73461

Can you do something? please

[paulw]

4 hours ago, nemrod said:

Hello MGHollander
It doesn't work in Monterey (like all other lipsum workflow)
but with yours I don't get the usr/bin/php error… I get nothing… no feedback
so for me, it's encouraging!

https://loom.com/share/3a517bd7e3fa4005ae0372dea6a73461

Can you do something? please

 

Alex Chan's workflow, which this one was forked from, was just updated to use Python instead of PHP, and it works with Monterey now

[MGHollander]

Hi guys,

 

I haven't updated to Monterey myself, yet. I will do so soon and I will look into the issue then as well. I'm not familiar with Python, so I don't know if that will be a short term option for my version of the workflow. 

 

I'll keep you posted.

[deanishe]

3 minutes ago, MGHollander said:

I'm not familiar with Python, so I don't know if that will be a short term option for my version of the workflow. 

Python's in much the same place as PHP on macOS right now. You either need Apple's developer tools or Homebrew to install Python 3.

 

AFAIK, Ruby's still installed by default, but I wouldn't count on that lasting long, either.

[nemrod]

@paulw
thanks I've tried this one without success. I didn't see the update.

Now it works, but I've to install Command Line developer tools

[MGHollander]

I've done some research and I think that I will continue using PHP for now. So if you have installed PHP, you will be able to use my version of the workflow. I do need to make some changes, though. I expect to update the workflow in the next 48 hours.

[MGHollander]

I've updated the workflow. You need to have PHP installed to use it. For the rest it's the same. 

 

You can download the new version here: https://github.com/MGHollander/alfred-lipsum-workflow/releases/latest

Edited November 5, 2021 by MGHollander

[Sridhar Katakam]

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[Grug]

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[Vero]

For anyone seeking a Lorem Ipsum workflow, this is a simple one with no dependencies by @alexchantastic which you can download from the Gallery:

https://alfred.app/workflows/alexchantastic/lorem-ipsum/